Mexico energy reforms spur Pemex deals and outside investment
Falling production, rising debt and reduced reserve life were among the chief issues facing Pemex, Mexico’s national oil company. ...
Bid rounds give both Mexico and Brazil strong starts to 2018
Successful bid rounds in Mexico and Brazil during Q1 secured $3.1 billion in cash – a huge step forward for both countries ...
How Mexico is attracting major explorers to E&P projects
Nearly 70 companies have entered the fray since Mexico opened up its E&P market – among them Royal Dutch Shell, ...
Shell has sold US$27 billion in assets since acquiring BG Group
Since agreeing the largest single upstream-centric deal of the past 10 years to purchase BG Group back in April 2015, Royal Dutch ...
Canadian companies hedged almost 1.1 million bbl/d of oil in Q4
On the eve of TSX annual results for 2017 being released, new data from CanOils reveals that almost 1.1 million barrels per ...
Why major investors are now being drawn to Mexico’s oil sector
Mexico’s abundant on-shore and offshore basins are now starting to attract significant independent and foreign investment. Fuelled by Mexico’...
Why Canada saw C$42 billion in upstream deals in 2017 – and what this means for 2018
Canada’s upstream sector saw almost C$42 billion in new deals agreed in 2017 – a 91% increase over the five-year annual average – ...
The Permian Basin is still the prime U.S. upstream acquisition target
The Permian Basin was the U.S. upstream sector’s top acquisition target for the fourth year in a row ...
Floor of US$50 WTI expected to encouraged continued M&A activity in 2018
With $163 billion agreed in new upstream deals in 2017, Evaluate Energy’s latest report suggests that the recently improving oil price ...
Brazil: New regulations spur offshore investment surge
Brazil secured an encouraging US$3 billion in bonus bids during key licensing rounds held last fall, according to a new ...
Global upstream M&A reaches $163 billion in 2017
In a relatively stable year for the oil and gas industry, overall M&A spend – based on deals announced – ...
Robust deal making in Latin America bucks global trend
Upstream M&A activity in Latin America has largely sustained falling oil prices, which stalled deal flow in many ...
November saw C$976 million in new Canadian upstream deals
Canada saw less than C$1 billion in new upstream M&A activity for the first time in three months ...
Cenovus dominates another month of Canadian M&A in 2017
According to new data in CanOils’ latest M&A review for October 2017, M&A deals involving Cenovus Energy ...